In 2012, P. Skelley and J. Wappes were investigating the insect fauna of Ctenomys (Blainville, 1826) (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) burrows at low elevation in Santa Cruz de la Sierra province, Bolivia. A number of beetles were extracted from this microhabitat and among them, 50 specimens belonging to the New World genus Ateuchus Weber from the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The sp...

After almost two decades of stagnation, the taxonomy New World Scarabaeinae dung beetles has since 1988 been going through a period great effervescence. In last 35 years, 81 complete revisions and 69 supplements have produced by 86 authors based in 15 countries, addressing taxonomic status 950 species. This is what we christen as Taxonomic Revolution beetles. We review history products this rev...